abstract |
A fire retardant veil (10) composed of intermingled, randomly arranged fibres and fire retardant particles (11) dispersed throughout the nonwoven structure of the veil (10). The veil (10) further includes a small amount of a polymeric or resinous binder for binding the fibres and the particles together. Such fire retardant veil (10) can be incorporated into composite laminates, prepregs, and fibrous preforms (12) configured for liquid resin infusion. |